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WVILLIAM A. \VILLIAMSQN, OF CLAYTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO JOHN M. MOORE, OF SAME PLACE.

FRUIT-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,701, dated July 3,1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. WILLIAM- soN,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Clayton, Gloucestercounty, New J ersey, have invented an Improvement in Fruit- Jars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of fruitjars in which a detachablecap is combined with a bail having hooks at opposite ends adapted toinclined shoulders on the neck of the jar; and the object of myinvention is to so construct the cap and fastener that while the bailmay be turned to secure and release the cap independently of the latterit will have a firm central bearing, without tending to crack orotherwise injure the said cap. This object I attain, as more fullydescribed herein-. after.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, partly in section, ofmy improved fruit-j ar; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the cap and bailand Figs. 3 and 4, front and side views, respectively, of a cap withanother form of bail made in accordance with my invention.

A is the jar, which may be of any convenient. shape, and is providedwith inclined lugs or shoulders a (tr-lJWO in the present instance.

B is the cap, of glass or other suitable material, adapted to fit on theneck of the jar, with an intermediate rubber gasket, b, to form a tightjoint when the cap is secured in place.

The bail D is provided with hooks d at op- .posite ends, adapted to takeunder the inclined lugs or shoulders a 011 the neck of the jar. On thecenter of the under side of this bail is formed or secured abearing-block, E, preferably of the cylindrical form shown, and having aflat under side adapted to fit freely in a corresponding cylindricalrecess in the center of the cap. When the cap has been put in,

place and the hooked ends of the bail have been passed between the endsof the lugs a a, and then turned so as to bind on the inclined undersides of said lugs, the pressure is brought to bear through the block Efirmly on the center of the cap the most advantageous point and as theflat face of the said block forms an extended bearing-surface, unduepressure on the bail will not be apt to cause the glass cover to crack,and yet at the same time this central Application filed May 4, 1883. (Nomodel.)

bearing allows the bail to be very readily turned independently of thecap itself, and manipulated without that gritting and friction whichresults where the bail has a bearing around the periphery of the cap. Isecure the bail to the cap so that while it may turn independently ofthe latter it may remain attached thereto. This may be accomplished indifferent ways. For instance, projections 19 may be'formed on the bailitself, which may fit under a shoulder, b, Figs. 1 and 2, on the cap; ora wire, m, Figs. 3 and 4, may be secured to the bail so as to fit underthe said shoulder and retain the bail, while allowing it to freelyrevolve.

When the bail D is provided with projections 19 to fit under theshoulder b of the cap, a notch, 19, may be formed in the'said shoul der1), to permit one of the projections 12 to pass through it to fit thebail to the cap; or the said bail may be made of malleable metal, withits hooked ends sufficiently open to enable the projections p to bepassed over the shoulders and then bent inward to retain the bail on thecap. These projections p and wire m only serve to retain the bail on thecap, and not to hold the cap to the jar, the only bearing on the cap forthis purpose being by the block E.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a fruitjar cap having ashoulder, 12, with a bail, D, having a block, E, adapted to bearcentrally on the cap, hooks d, adapted to engage with lugs on the jar,and a device, substantially as described, for engagement with the flangeor shoulder b of the cap, whereby the bail is retained on the cap butallowed to rotate thereon, as set forth.

2. The combination of a fruit-jar cap having a shoulder, b, the hookedbail D, having a central bearing, E, and a retaining-wire, 'm, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' W. A. WVILLIAMSON.

Witnesses:

HARRY L. ASHENFELTER, HARRY SMITH.

